Shoe-polishing device.



E. I. STRATTON. SHOE POLISHING DEVIGE.

APPLICATION FILED 1120.2, 1907. 931,000. Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

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E. F. STRATTON. SHOE POLISHING DEVICE. APPLIUATION FILED DBO. 2, 190?.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

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Patented Aug. 10. 1909.

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SHOE POLISHING DEVICE.

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Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

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UNITED sTArrns PATIENT OFFICE.

EDMOND I". S'IRA'ITON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HAM" 'lt) I'II'CNRY B. OAKMAN, OF NEW YORK. N. Y.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. re, 1909.

Application filed December 2, 1907. Serial No. 404,740.

5 in the county of New 'Y n; and State of New York. have invented-certaiu new and useful improvements in Sli'oe lolishing De- \ii'cs, of which the following'is a specilioatiou. it is well known that many efforts have been made to substitute automatically operated mechanical means for the prevalent method of cleaning and polishing shoes by hand and it is my purpose to provide a me- 15 ehauical device whereby such operation may be effected and wherein the various cleaning and )olishing' brushes will be moved as thougi operated by hand with the advantages of increased speed, uniform pressure pon the shoe at all times and cleanliness.

My invention consistsin the construction, coinlmiation and arrangement of parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the 25. appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference refer to like parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a sect ional view-in side elevation of my'improved device; Fi 2 represents 9. plan view, in section taken t1 rough the line 2 2 of Fig. 1,- u the-direction of they arrow Fi 13 represents a vie'w in front elevation, the lower part of tlge yiewsbeing 85 in section audthe mechanisin'o ftlhe device in the-renuun ng portion bemg shown m dotted outline; Fig. 4 re resents an enlarged plan viewot' a u'u'idlfieciorrn of brush ear. riers; Fig. 5 represents an enlarged detail 7 represents a detail top view of a elutc 1 through which the side rush eccentrics are driven; Fi z'8 represents a detail top. vio'w'of v the mounting; of the upp r brush; Fig. 9 representsi etail top viewof a side brush and the lllQtlDS "overning its rotation; Fig. 10 represents a Turning now to a description of the fiurcs in detail. attention will first be directed to the coin device and its attendant trains of mechanism-including the motor" for the op etail side view of the brush 40.fr'out view of the-shutters closing the eneration of the device. in connection with Figs. 1 and 3.

A. coin chute 1. leads to a coin pocket formed by the i'cgi:--'(ei'in of a recess in the drum 4 and a slot in the sleeve ii, which surrounds drum l (see Figs. 1 and 3) under the chute 1, this being the normal position of parts when the device is ready for operato form a ratchet wheel 7. A iawl 8 pivotully mounted on arm 9 carried y the spindie (1. engages with the ratchet wheel 7 upon the clock-wise rotation of a handle 10 secured to the other end of the spindle 6, outsideof the casing of thernaelnne. The rotation of the handle 10 is limited to n quarmovemeut of the hunt le when released after sueh quarter revolution is secured by means of a helical spriu li around the inner end of the s )indle (3, t ie pawl S then riding over the tttt liflf the ratchet wheel 7. No coin 13 having been inserted a turn of the handle 10 will merely revolve the drum 4 inside the sleeve 5 and bring another recess in the drum 4 into register with the slot in the sleeve 5; but upon the insertion of the coin 13 the sleeve 5 will revolve with the drum 4 and effect two results, namely, the opening of an aperture for the insertion of a shoe to be operated upon and the starting of an electric motor A. The aperture. for the inser- ,l4 (se'Fig-sitl, 5 and 6) pivoted at-15 at the tops of prolongations of the outer edges and held together by the 5 ring 16. The shutters 14 are opened by t e pressure of a cam 17, mounted on and brought in position by the rotation'of the sleeve 5, on a vertical rod 18 resulting in the downward movement of a pivoted lever 19, a depression of the arms 20 of shutters 14" by the outer end of lever 19, and a swinging open of shutters 14'upou pii'ots 15. The shutters 14 will remain open: as long asthe cam 17 presses on the rod 18 it being disengaged by the counter clock wise rotation of the sleeve 5 at the end 0 the operation of the machine, as will here aiter be described. The construction of th shutters 14, spring 16, pivots 15 and arms is shown in detail on an enlarged scale i Fig. 'The motor will be started by the closing of a circuit by the rotation of an lion. The drum 4 is extended on one side ter revolution by stops 11, and the return I tion of a shoe is located near the base of the Inach'meand is normally closed by shutters arm 21 upon the movementpf the cove 5 to which it is secured. A contact on the arm 21 in sweeping along a rheostat 22 will gradually subject the motor to the full potential of the electric current throu h a cir cuit which comprises it lead 23 mm the motor to the arm 21, a lead 24' from the rheostat 22 to 'a contact 25 and a lead 26 from a contact 27 to the motor A. The git) between the contacts 25 and 27 is s own bridged by a pair of s rings carried: on a paw 28 so that when t ie arm 21 is moved clockwise from the position shown, the motor will be started and the various shoe cleaning and polishing operations to be presently more particular y described will commence. When those operations have been completely performed and a cam-drum B, to be hereafter described, is about to com lete a revolution, a cam 29 mounted at the ront of the casing on the shaft of said drum through a 1'0 er 30, mounted on lever 31 de presses the lever 31 which carries a springpresscd pawl in addition to the before mentioned pawl 28. (See Fig. 3.) The thrust of the lever 31 away from the camdrum B will cause the withdrawal of the spring-contacts on the pawl 28 from between the fixed contacts 25 and 27. At the same time the pawls 28 and 32 will ride on the surface of a tooth formed on a wheel 33 and entirely over a tooth ,formed on a ratchetwheel 34 respectively, these two wheels being secured to ether and prevented from moving counter c ockwise by a detaining click 35. The downward movement of the pawl 28 will cause it to be thrust away from the center of the wheel 33 by enga ing with a portion of a tooth of greater ra ius. In this altered position the spring-contacts on the pawl 28 will be directed toward the interval betweeiiicontact 27 and 'another 't ie p'ull of a spring fixed contact 36 which is electrically connected by a lead 37 with a second rheostat 38. On the return movement of the lever 31' and its pawls 28 and 3.2 under the action of a s ring 39, after the cam 29 has passed the rol er 30, the pawl 32 will actuate the two wheels 33' and34 which will rotate together and the spring contacts on the pawl 28 will be inserted "between the fixed contacts 27 and 36. By the above described withdrawal of the spring contacts from between contacts 25 and 7 the. =i-lectrio' circuit will be broken, and the motor will come to rest.

Dur'in the cleaning and polishing operations w ich follow the settingin action of i gt or A, the sleeve' 5 willbe retained in the position to which ithas been; br'oug) t. by, the carter revolution of'thef handle 1 ,against 44; transmitted through a strap t5, andv t he arm-21 will consequen y remain in contact with the rheostat 22, by two sets of means. -First, b the coin 13 which precludes the counter c ockwise revo;

lution of sleeve 5 without like movement of the drum 4, which latter is revented by the pawl 8, ratchet-wheel 7, ans upper stop 11, to a position against which latter the handle [10 is returned upon being released, by the.

spring 12. The second means of detaining sleeve 5 in the set position, and the only means during the above mentioned return of the handle 10 to the upper stop 11, comprises a bell-crank lever 40, 4 1, the end of the arm 40 of whichrests in a""'iiotch.42 formed in the sleeve 5.

(in the cam-drum B is provided a cam 43 which is adaptedp once per revolution of drumB to engage ith' arm 41 and force the end of the arm 40 out of en ageinent with the notch 42 formed in the s eeve 5. When on the completion of the cleaning and polishing operations this disengagement occurs, ho coin l4 and the ratchet-and-pawl elelimits '7 and 8 and the upper stop 11 will temporarily serve as the only means for prevei'iting the return of the sleeve 5.

The cleaning and polishing operations having been once completed, the motor can be re-started to operate a second time by turning the handle 10 a second time through a quarter of a revolution. By the same com 13 the arm 21 will be conveyed into contact with the second rheostat 38 and an alternative electric circuit throu h the motor A will be completed along the ead 23, arm 21, rheostat 38, lead 37, fixed contact 36,throu h the spring contacts onthe pawl 28, to t e 'fixed contact 27 and thence through lead 26 -to the motor A.

At the vend of the second quarter revol'u' -tion of the handle 10 the extremity of the arm 40 will engage with another notch 46 and the sleeve 5 W1 1 be'retained in the newly set )osition during the'backward motion of the andle l0 and also subsequently dliring the second cleaning and polishing oper- (ations, for the pocket containing the coin 13 havin becoifie inverted the coin will drop there rom, having performed its function.

On the completion of the second oper'- ations the cam drum B will have complete a second revolution at the end of which the sprin contacts onthe pawl 28 will have been with rawn from between the fixed contacts 27. and 36 and re-inserted between contacts 27 and 25 in preparation for the completion oi thealternative cincuit succeeding cycle of'two cleaning and polishing operations Also on'the completion of the second revolution of the cam-drum B the bell-crank lever placed b cam 43, an coin in t e ocket the disc extremit 0 arm 40 from permit t e spring 44 to and arm 21 to their initi-a another double cycle of cleaning nowthere in no agemento the turn the sleeve 5 and polishing operations to be performed.

for the first of the 40 41 will be a ain dis" t e notch 46 will v 'positions to enable The re'turnnao the sha prising three members.

of sleeve 5 will cause the shutters 14 to close, through cam 17 ceasing to press on rod 18.

After the slot-ve- 5 has again reached its initial position the cxtrcmit of arm 40 will insert itself in a notch l? w iereby it will be retained against accidental displacement as for instance. by a turn of the handle 10 when the pocket contains no coin. One side of ('ttt'il of thc notches l7 and 42 is rounded to permit the extremity of arm -10 to be thrust ulll\\'tilti when the handle 10 is rotated with a coin in the pocket. (See Fig. 3.)

As hct'cnflcl' stated, it may under some t'llt'lllllhlnllt'i's' be desirable that a second coin bc lll 1('l'lI ti to initiate the second cycle of opt-rations. in such a case .the coin-freed device and the electric circuit closing contrivanee will be of a more simple character.

Before turning to a description of the o oration of the brushes in cleaning and polishing airirrserted shoe, I will describe the cum-drum B mount-ed on and'revolved with the shaft 53, at the back near the up er end of the machine casing, a gear whee 54 on the shaft. 55 being operated b the motor, and a worm 56 at the upper en 0f the shaft actinfg upon a geaiwvheel 57 secured to t 53; the gearing being such that the drum B will revolve at a cbmparatively slow rate of speed. Upon the drum B there are mounted various cams of which 43 and 29 have been heretofore described, and the operation of the remaining members of which will be hereafter set. forth. The cams are so disposed and the rate of rotation of the drumll so re ulated that the various cleaning and polisiing operations will be completed upon the completion of onerevolntjon of the drum B.

'lhe-re, are three sets of brushes each com- One set 0, adapted to'bperate on the left hand side of a boot, is pivotally mounted on a'wrist-link 4,8 pivotally carried at theextremity of a bent arm I 49 which latter is' -pivotally mounted at '50 to'the right-hand portion of the base of the stand. The set of brushes D is similarly mounted on an arm 51 oppositely pivoted at except that the latter arm reaches around the toe-end of the foot rest E, whereas the arm 49 reaches around the heel endtpf the rest. (See Fig. 4.) The reciprocating el|iptical i'iiovenwnts fthcse sets of brushes in ahorisoi' rtahqilane are effected by means of cccei'it-rics 58 and 60 through the medium of eccentric lOdS.j'59 and 61 respectively.

'lhese eccentrics are mounted on a shaft 62,

driven from the shaft by intermeshing "catsuit, andgarc normally driven tl'ierefrmn by a clutch (54. The details of the clutch "(H are shown on an enlarged scale on Fig. 7 the sleeve 65' to which the eccentrics are secured is uormiilly united to the shaft (52 by the,sprinfprcssed arm (it? 'ivoted on sleeve 5 am therefore .normal y rotating with the shaft 62. By the interposition of a rod 67 in the path of the pro ecting end of the arm (56 this latter will be drawn out of engagement with the shaft (32' and the rotation of the eccentrics willbe arrested. The downward displacement of rod 67' will be effected by a cam on the drum B at a determined timc; and prior to this disengagement, the brushes will preferably be drawn away from proximity to the shoe in of the pressure of the brushes, but for the purpose of allowing each brush -to swcep around the toe and heel of the shoe without clashing the cccentrics are so sct'that the stroke of one brush is a little in advance of the other.

The upper surface of the shoe is operated on by a set. of brushes F pivotally mounted on a pivoted branch 68 of a swinging arm 69 (Fig 8) mounted on a vertical pivot 70 and swung in-a horizontal plane by an. cecentric 71 which his between the jaws T2 of the arm 69. The eccentric 71 is secured to a sleeve73 mounted on the shaft (l2 and adapted to be normally secured thereto and driven therefrom by the clutch 74,- t-he construction of which is like that of clutch 64.

The branch (58 which carrics the set'of' brushes F is so pivoted to tl'iena'rm Giles to be adapted to riseand fall with each rotation of the shaft (52, tlie lii-iisiies lieiii lifted i by a two-armed lever 75 and '76, w ion the arm 76 IS depressed by a cam .provlded on the under surface of a cam-plate 77 secured to thesleeve 73. The cam on cam plutie 77 I is so situated relatively to. the. eccentrics 58 and tiOas to cause the setlof brushes Ft!) lift out of thewa of the b n-shes C- and D when they approac (the front portion of the shoe perform their t of the shaft 62, the actiono ftlie brushes-0|} the foot from the rest-will still e pafiiully balanced.

in this construction the brushes.

the shoe in respect to any tcndcnc jtiodisp luce' 1 (two are omitted from the figure forthe sake of clcarucss) have their swing so timed that they do not. get to the left-hand side of the shoe until the brushes C have receded fhin-i the. front portion of the shoe and do not: return to the rigjht-hand side until the l-u'nshes I). after completing their forward stroke have recededoutoithe way. The resultant, effect of the action of the brushes 1* taken in conjunction with the side pressures of the brushes C and D will not reduce any large amount of tendency to isplace the foot laterally while by keeping the brushes F always at work there will be a considerable saving of time, or impfovement in the cleaning and polishing operations. This modification of the construction consists in cranking the shaft 62, the crank gin being inclosed within a block 78 which ts a slotwa formed in the brush carrying arm 69 whic 1 is pivoted atJlO. In Fig. 4 the parts are shown in an intermediate osition of action in full lines, extreme ositlons be ing indicated by dash-dot center ines. After the first brush of each of sets (J, D, and F -with the shoe, and when fib spring, 82.

' The cons spur 99 ,wil

in contact with the shoe have performed their cleanin operation for a suitable length of time, anot ie'r brush of each set is turned intocontact with the shoe, which operation will first be described in connection with set C, Fig: 1. 'At the determined time 2i suitably situated cam on the drum B thrusts downward a rod 79 which depresses a lei'er 80.pivotally mounted on a spindle 81. uent rotation of the spindle a ainst the orce of a helical spring 82 (Fig. 2? causes ajdownward extending arm 83, by means of a rod 84 to bring into action a device for switching the set of brushes (1 away from the shoe and rotating them abouttheir pivot so that another brush becomes sresented towardthe shoe. The switching evice comprises a bell-crank lever 85 bearpin 86 at the extremity ing an n standing At the determined moof one.o its arms.

meet this pin is by means of the rod 84' drawn into the path of a lever-arm 87 which is formed in one with the previously mentioned wrist-link 48 which carries the set of brushes CT Referring to Figs. 9 and 10 a 111 be as that the wrist link 48 is normally so pressedby a helical'spring 88 as to cause one, of the brushes to 'be' forced into ielding contact the lever-arm 87 comes .into'contact with the pin 86 52; "Such engagf ment of.one tooth 89 y the continued qiltwardswing, of theabrushes G, cause the 1d ter-to .be rotated 'through'one third of a revo u'tion and bring a second brush .intq pos'itidnto o erate on the shoe. The cam which caused.

t e rotation of .the spindle 81 'ha vin ghgassed out of action the; pin 86 willhe wit rawn from its operating position by means'o'f the SFi .2) the brushes will be forced outward yom nection with brushes C and shown in Fig.

- At the same time Before proceeding further,'the iiieans for determining the true amount of rotation of the brushes will be ex lained with reference to Figs. 9 and 10. scared to the brush socket is a three-leaved cam 91 and pivoted on the wrist-link 48 is a spring pressed roller-carrying pawl 92 which tends, after each partial rotation of the set of brushes to seat itself at the bottom of the recess between two "leaves of the cam 91. There is also a sprin ressed book 93 mounted on the pivot o the wrist-link 48 and having formed integral therewith a trigger 94 In the normal position of book 93 and trigger 94 the hook .93 will engage with a notch formed in the boss of the pawl 92 and prevent the pawl from bein thrust outward. .When the brush is to be c anged, the above described pin 86 will, previously to making contactw1th arm 87, press the. trigger 94 and disenga e the hook 93. I f The sw tc ing device foi presenting successive brushes of the set D toward the shoe comprises the curved lever 85 hearing at its extremity the upstanding pin 8?. At the determined moment the pin 86 is, by. means of rod 84', operated in the manner described in. connection witlrrod 84, drawn into the' path of a lever-arm 87' formed integral with a wrist link'48 which carries the set of 9,5 brushes, D, the wrist link 48 being normally pressed by a helical spring 88 to cause one of the brushes to be forced into yielding contact with the shoe, parts48 and-88 being identical with like parts as described in con- 10 Upon .the contact of arm 8 ,with the pin SGthe brushes'jD will be orced out wardly from the. shoe, arid the continued movement ofthe brushes around the ivqt 52 will cause the enga ement of one o the three teeth 89', -forme on the socket which carries the brushml), witha projecting spur' 90"formed on or secured to thewall of the casing.- Such en agement ofone tooth 89" wi s or 90" wili cause the brushes D to be ro 'te to brin ,a second brush intoposition to operate on t e shoe. .The pin 86 will be withdrawn from its operating position by means of spring SZwvhen the cam which has caused the rotationoi': spindle 81 passes out of action. i The means tap. determining the trueamount of-: rotation-maths brushes w are identical in construction and-operation; with the 'parts file -94:11.8; scribed in connejfi:

tion with'bruslies fl ga I ha n-i To elm ekibebrnshQa/E-5 1 on the d! m B, em a 95 Fig. which bears upon and -dep a horisontai forwardly extending lever 96 pivoted at 98.

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swung 0 ar "e n portion of anterticalgarnrgfi dowhwardly excome. to ms];

and causing the lower portion thereof to be swung forward and to push toward the brushes F a rod 99; this rod 99 being held and guided in a bracket. at the bottom of the bearing of arm 69. The extremity of the rod 9.) engages on the sweep of the brushes with one of the teeth 101 and turns the brushes F through one-third of a revolution. Simultaneously the. extremity of the lever 96 contacts with a trig e' arm and discogtiges the. retaining hoot of the brushes F. to permit of their being revolved the construction and operation of these. parts being thatdescribed in connection with the cor, responding partsas applied to brushes 0 and D.

Immediately after the first change of the brushes. a small supply of liquid blacltin is sprayed in three ets on to the sides ant upper portion of the shoe through the branches 102 connected with cylinder 103, (Figs. 1 and :1) and immediately distributed over the surface of the boot by the second brush of each of the three sets. The blacking is contained in the tall cylinder 103 which is fitted with a spring pressed piston 104. Grooves are formed in the side of the cylinder except near the bottom for the purpose of allowing on each stroke some of the liquid above the piston to find its way below. The blaclting' is'supplied at" the right moment by the ci'igagement of a camt 105 on the drum 1! with a lever' 106 which is connected to the piston l04. On lifting the lever 106 the piston will be raised against the force of the spring and on the instant the lever is released the piston will be abruptly thrust downward and a measured quantity of the liquid blackinn ejected.

A fter a sutlicient number of strokes of the second brush of each sen-or the blackingr brushes, other eamson the'drum 15 repeat the downward thrust on the before-mentioned rods 79 and 95 and oause the sets of brushes (l, l) and F 'to revolve throu h another one-third of a revolution whcr re the third of each set, or the polishing brushes. will be brought into operation and, after they have performed their duty, a third set of cams on the drum ll will once more rotate the sets of brushes through one-third of' a revolution and reinstate thetirst of each set of the cleaning brushes in position for action!!! readiness lor performance on the next boot, after \\'ll]t'll the machine will tact withthcshmi. a

It'\\'ill bc"'seei1from the foregoing description that my invention comprises three sets of brus'lies,containing three members each. the .t'orrespondlng members of each wet tlie-{operations.

' :rtorn ,o r, of cleaning. bla polishing. an H!- "lll lthe brushes out oi" coup lnuslies from contact";avitlr.the

. sorted shoetthe brushes are driven from the lion. a [)ltl|:llll ol' brushcs adapted to operohang'es, adjustments, and supply of blacking being governed by the operation of vari' ous rods, levers and connections upon contact with'positioned cam members mounted or) a drum driven counter-cloclnvise from the motor at a reduced speed. Also the foregoing description has provided for two operations of the device-upon the insertion o one coin, there being' an interval betweensuch operations, but by a simplification of the mechanism it may readily be arranged that each separate operation shall require tlre insertion of a coin for its inception.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a shoe polishing device, in co1nbiuation, reciprocating brushes adapted to operate longitudinally of a shoe inserted in said device, an upper brush adapted to operate from above transversel of and in contact with said shoe, means for operating all of said brushes, and means for elevating said upper brush out of contact with the shoe atja predetermined time.

'3. in a shoe. polishing device, in combination. reciprocating brushes adapted to operate in yielding contact with a shoe inserted in said device. a brush adapted to operate from abov on the shoe, means for operating the brushes. and means for witlulrawing each ot' the brushes from contact withthe shoe at a predeternined time.

3. In a shoe poli hing device in combination rcciprocaling arms, brush sup iorts pivotally mounted on said arms. and adapted to operate in yielding contact with a shoe. inserted in said device. a brush adapted to operate transversely of said shoe. means for operating the brushes and means for turning said brush supports upon their pivots to withdraw the brushes from contact with said shoe. l

4. In a shoe )t)llt-fillll,' dcvicc..i'n combination, rcciprocatlng brushes adapted to operate on a shoe inserted in said device, a brush adapted to operate from above on the shoe.

A means for operating the brushes. means for witlulrawnig-the brushes from contact with the shoe. means for supplying 'blaclting to the surface of'said .llUt' after said withdrawal. and means for rcturningjtlubrushes into contact with the shoe.

In a shoe polishing device. in combination. brushes adapted to operate on a shoe inserted in said dcvirmam-ans for operating thednaislu-s, moors.- l'or wit'lulrauiug the shoe {[1 :I prc'rictermim-d time. incalisfor rt tnrn'ii g the liri'ishcs into manner with the. shoe-{fund means for changing thocontarting face of each of the brushes allq said. witlulrawul and before said return.

ii. In a shoe polishing device, inconibiuamotor at any desired rate of speed. uu-p aon a shoe inserted iusaid device, u'ieans for; operatin the brushes, means for withdrawingthe hrushes from contact path the shoe during said operation, said withdrawin means comprising a plurality of rods adgacent said brushes',, a revolvin member adjacent one, end of said rods an a plural-' shoe duringsaid operation, said withdrawing means comprising a pin adapted-to be moved into the path of travel of the brush, and means for operating the pin comprising a lever, a connection between the pin and the lever, arod ada ted to contact with-thelever when depresse a revolving member adjacontact with an cent one end of said rod, and a cam carried by said revolvin member and adapted to to depress said rod at a predetermined time.

8. In a shoe polishin device,'in combinas tion, a vertical shaft a apted to be revolved,

a sleeve on said shaft, a clutch member carried b said sleeve and adapted to engage with t e shaft, an eccentric mounted on sand shaft and secured to said sleeve, 9. pivoted supporting arm, a brush mounted on said arm, a connection between said arm and the eccentric, and means for operating the clutch member to move it into and out of engagen-lent with said shaft.

9, In a shoe polishing devicafinfcombinm tion, brushes, means for o crating the brushes, a casing inc-losing sai brushes and said means,' said casing being provided with nnt qperture adjacent the brusllies", pivotedshutters adapted -to close sa d aperture, means for swinging saidshutters on their pivots to open the aperture, said nieans com- ,prisin' oppositely extendmg arms se'cnrcd to said arms, and means for operating said lever to depress said arms.

10. In a shoe polishing device a casing, a foot rest in the casing, 'areciprocating arm pivoted adjacent said rest a, pivoted support shutters at their pivot. points, a pi v- H oted lever resting on the free ends of ,Sttltl eaipoo on said arm, a brush on said an port ada ted to operate in contact with a slice placed on the rest, and means 'for chan 'ng the con tacting face of the brush, sai means con1- prising a lever arm projecting from said support, a pivoted sto member ad'acent the pet of travel of sai projecting lever, and means for turning the pivoted sto member to a position in said path of trave 11. In a shoe polishing device a casing, a foot rest in the casing, a reciprocating arm pivoted adjacent said rest, a pivoted support on said arm, a brush pivoted on said sup ort and adapted to operate in contact wit 1 a shoe placed on the rest, and means for changing 'the cont-acting face of the brush, sa1d means comprising a lever arm projecting from said support, a pivoted stop member adjacent, the ath of travel of said pro'ecting ever and a apted tocontact with sai lever to turn the support on its pivot, a tooth projecting from the brush and a fixed spur adjacent the path of travel of the brush and adapted to contact with said toot-h upon the operation of the stop member to turn said su port.

12. In a s roe olishing device adapted for the insertion 0 a 'shoe, a brush provided with a plurality of faces and adapted to travel lengthwise of an inserted shoe in contact therewith, means for removing the brush from cont t with the shoe at a predetermined time ring its operation, means for turning the brush to present another face toward the shoeafter said removal. means for-returning the brush into contact with .theshoe aft-ersaid turning, and means for operating the brush.-

13,111 a shoe polishing machine adapted for-the insertion of a shes), a brush provided with a pluralityof faces adapted to move transversely of the upper face of an inserted shoe contact therewith, means for turning the brush to change the contacting face durthe brush.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribin witnesses.

EDMOND STRATTON. Witnesses: vi 0. PAULING, T. E. l-lmmnnnnnon, Jr.

ing its operation, and means for operating 

